Plasmon-enhanced photocurrent generation and water oxidation from visible to near-infrared wavelengths

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ueno, Kosei ^a,b   Misawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

gold nanorod; localized surface plasmon resonance; near infrared light; photoelectric conversion; plasmonic chemistry; water oxidation

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOROD; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; WATER OXIDATION;

GOLD; INFRARED DEVICES; IRRADIATION; MOLECULES; NANORODS; OXIDATION; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WAVELENGTH;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84885014826     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2013.42     Document Type: Review

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